El objetivo principal del presente estudio fue analizar el estilo atribucional de los sujetos con o sin estado de ánimo depresivo, según el Inventario de Depresión de Beck (BDI). De acuerdo con el modelo reformulado de Indefensión Aprendida y depresión (Abramson, Seligman y Teasdale, 1978), esperábamos que los sujetos con altas puntuaciones en el BDI tenderían a atribuir a causas internas, estables y globales los resultados negativos. Con el fin de poner a prueba esta hipótesis una muestra de 154 sujetos cumplimentó las adaptaciones españolas del BDI y del Cuestionario de Estilo Atribucional (ASQ-E). Los resultados mostraron que los sujetos con estado de ánimo depresivo, comparados con los no depresivos, ante los sucesos negativos, hacían atribuciones más internas, estables y globales. Estos resultados revelan un estilo atribucional depresivo que apoya las predicciones del modelo reformulado de Indefensión Aprendida.
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